The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-12-10
MONTANA NEWS.

Last week a cave occurred in the Drum
Lummond mine which caused the death
of Pete Oberg.
The Missoula Jewelry and Furniture
company have failed. Liabilities $15,-
900, assets about $4,000.
A box of fuse caps exploded in the
Spotted Horse mine at Maiden last Satur-
day, killing Pat Elgin and seriously in
juring two other miners.
Judge McCleary has donated to the
Montana Historical Society about 200 vol
umes of miscellaneous lore, including de-
partment reports, Legislative Journals, ETC.
A fire originating in w. Pinkham's
barn at Butte Tuesday night destroyed it,
a valuable team of horses and other prop
ertv, to the amount of about $4,000. Full
ly insured.
Louis Smith has secured a judgment
against the city OF Helena to the amount
Of $4,000 for damages sustained
in 1886 in falling down an underground
embankment.
Geo. Miller, a Powder river cowboy,
froze his feet SO badly last week while
hunting stray stock in the hills, that am
putation of both his pedal extremities
will be necessary.
Jumping Dog, the Indian who fired the
Cheyenne, Dakota, agency few days ago,
was captured last Friday. Next morning
he stabbed two of his guards to death and
then committed suicide.
The Helena board of trade has passed
resolutions petitioning congress to repeal
the alien act which was passed last March
restricting the ownership of real estate in
the territories to American citizens.
Friday evening Of last week, barn,
some live stock, wagons and fifteen tons
of hay we're destroyed by fire on the ranch
of Mr.. Matthews in the Gallatin valley.
The origin of the fire is not known. Loss
about $4,000.
Lorette Pablo, of the Flathead reserva-
ton, was riding horseback Monday, when
his horse commenced bucking. Mr.. Pab-
los gun was thrown to the ground and
discharged, the ball striking him in the
chest, resulting in his instant death.
The new water supply Of the Silver Bow
Water company, according to the report
of committee appointed by the Butte
city council to make investigation, Is con-
taminated by graveyard, slaughter
from all of which should speedily pe
averted.
Madisonian: Louis Mlchener tells us
that the mica mines of Meadow Creek are
opening out in fine shape, and that the
Bozeman parties who are interested in
them are about to resume operations. Ii
these mines turn out we'll they will be a
source of great wealth to our neighbors
over the divide.
The Montana Union railway company
did not come to the front in paying Its
taxes in Silver Bow rs soon as it should,
and the county treasurer promptly attach
ed an engine which was about to pull out
of the Butte yard attached to a freight
train. The taxes to the amount of ST.
33O.65 were paid before the train started.
Missoulian: Dud Bass was in town
few days this week and said he had done
we'll on the fruit he raised this year. He
raised some 500 boxes of apples and 200
of crabs, the year previous over 1000
boxes, but next year he counts on over
1000 boxes. The Bass Bros farm is one
OF the uQcSL III lllc ldHu anu Hh"iA AA"Ao
grow there IS great abundance.
Butte Inter Mountain: A cave occurred
in mine about mile above Meadclville
last Friday afternoon causing the death
of Mr.. August Bina. A slip OF several
hundred pounds from the side of the tun-
mel in which he was working, caught MIR.
Bina Just above the right knee, breaking
both legs. The unfortunate man was
taken to the Sisters hospital. where he
expired few hours later.
Friday morning of last week two local
sports of Helena INDUCED in shooting
affray which caused considerable excite
ment. The participants were John Nc
Ticrnan and Jerry Manning. The latter
had imbibed too freely during the night
and an ugly disposition which seemed to
possess him led to his making several gun
plays. He finally encountered McTiernan,
whom he had previously threatened. and
undertook to draw his gun on him when
the latter shot him three times. Both
were arrested but McTiernan was subsc-
quently released, the examination held
showing that he acted in self defense.
Manning will survive his injuries, though
one shot took effect in the vicinity Of his
abdomen.
Population Of the Territories.
The present population of the terri